Mikkeller All Others Pale

Mikkeller
Brewed at Ørbæk Bryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Pours very orange red with a small head, and average lacing. Average carbonation with a sweet smell of heavy crisp hops. Tastes very hoppy like a DIPA. Light on the pallet, this beer needs a maltier backbone. Not bad- not great but I would rather have a strong DIPA instead.

Pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, and juicy citrus hops. Flavor is biscuit, toasty, malty, and a bitter citrus hop finish.

(Bottle) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a tall fluffy off-white head with good retention. Aroma of herb, floral, citrus, and caramel. Flavor of hops (herbal, floral, pine) and caramel malt with a moderately bitter finish. Notable increase in bitterness as it reached room temperature.

Bottle. Pours a golden amber with an off-white head. Nice lacing. Sweet and fresh, citrus and flowery hop aroma. Very nice. Flavour is practically the same. Chewy, liquorice bitter hops in the finish. A bit too much carbonation. A very nice beer. 02-05-08.

Thanks to sk8viking for the bottle! Poured clear medium orange with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up dry caramel, floral, and cat pee hoppage over a primarily pale malt base.. grassy notes right on the back. The flavor had more of Amarillo-ish floral and pine presence that coated the mouth with bitterness and carried through the finish.. pale malts and grapefruit supported.. long, pine and perfumey finish. Medium-bodied on the palate with high bitterness that stuck for a while on the finish.. refreshing and well-balanced. Nice one.

The palate and the bitter ending gives away that this ought to be a great beer, put personally i don’t like the pine flavor, which ruins it all. (for me) If the pine was not as dominant, i’d rate it somewhat higher. I feel like someone put a pine tree in my glass of beer. Too much pine ;-)

Somewhat surprized by the high average in ratings. Don’t get me wrong - This is a dandy APA and quite sessionable, but it isn’t the end-all of the style. Perhaps it’s that local bias thing that I read about all the time in the Forums...
Anywhat - It’s got a light amber body with a substantial & sustained head that coats the glass thoroughly with Belgian lace. The aroma is rife with fresh cirtus hoppy scents - tart oranges, pink grapefruit, lemon zest - and a bit of pine all supported by a caramel sweetness. Very well balanced in the flavor, the malt and the hops agreeing to take credit for the refreshing flavor as a unit. The hops cheat in the finish and deliver a refreshing dry bitterness that lingers for some time. I could see drinking a bunch of these in a session were the price (in Chicago) not so prohibitive.

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16.9 oz. bottle via trade with tytoanderso - Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a one finger thick off white head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is big citrus, pine, and floral hops. Flavor is mostly the fore mentioned hops with very little malt to back it. Flavor comes around a bit as the beer warms, but it’s mostly a hop forward beer. Light to medium body. Slight astringent aftertaste. Overall a pretty good beer. Thanks Tyler.